What language did Caribbean slaves speak?

In the English colonies Africans spoke an English-based Atlantic Creole, generally called plantation creole. Low Country Africans spoke an English-based creole that came to be called Gullah.

Is there such a language as African?

The term African languages refers to the approximately 1800 languages spoken in Africa. Some African languages, such as Swahili, Hausa, and Yoruba, are spoken by millions of people. Others, such as Laal, Shabo, and Dahalo, are spoken by a few hundred or fewer.

What language is spoken in Haiti in the Caribbean?

Haitian Creole
French
Haiti/Official languages
Haitian Creole is the main language spoken throughout the country of Haiti. This language is similar to French-based Creole, but with other influences from Spanish, English, Portuguese, Taíno, and West African languages.

What languages spoken in the Caribbean are a blend of African and European lexicons?

In the Caribbean, the languages of Europe’s colonial powers were blended with various African languages that were spoken by slaves and, to a lesser extent, indigenous languages. Scholars call those new languages Creoles.

Do they speak Spanish in Jamaica?

The official language of Jamaica is English, but the unofficial language is a patois. There are also words taken from Spanish, Arawak, French, Chinese, Portuguese, and East Indian languages.

Which African country has most languages?

Nigeria
Nigeria: And the African country with the most languages is… Nigeria. The official language is English, while 24 million people speak Igbo.

Where is Swahili spoken in Africa?

It’s a national language in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and an official language of the East African Community which comprises Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan. Its use is spreading to southern, western and northern Africa.

What islands in the Caribbean speak Spanish?

Spanish (official language of Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bay Islands (Honduras), Corn Islands (Nicaragua), Isla Cozumel, Isla Mujeres (Mexico), Nueva Esparta (Venezuela) the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela and San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (Colombia)

What does Haiti speak?

Haitian Creole, a French-based vernacular language that developed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It developed primarily on the sugarcane plantations of Haiti from contacts between French colonists and African slaves.